circuitousness
nounEtymology From circuitous + -ness.
1
The state of being circuitous.
- But as the circuitousness of this route and the extremely slow running required over the Midland-North Stafford link have increased overall journey times of the trains concerned to 4 hr. 38 min. down and 4½ hr. up, they are hardly likely to prove very attractive to through passengers.1960 March, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 175: